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Division 5

United Kingdom

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Random samples must be taken from dogchews and from processed petfood, other than from canned petfood and other than from such processed petfood which has been treated in accordance in point 3(b)(v), during production and/or during storage (before dispatch) to verify compliance with the following standards:

  • Salmonella: absence in 25 g, n = 5, c = 0, m = 0, M = 0.

  • Enterobacteriaceae: n = 5, c = 2, m = 10, M = 300 in 1 g

Where:

n

  • number of samples to be tested;

    • m

  • threshold value for the number of bacteria; the result shall be considered satisfactory if the number of bacteria in all samples does not exceed m;

    • M

  • maximum value for the number of bacteria; the result shall be considered unsatisfactory if the number of bacteria in one or more samples is M or more; and

    • c

  • number of samples the bacterial count of which may be between m and M, the sample shall still be considered acceptable if the bacterial count of the other samples is m or less.